Plymouth popcorn maker Portlebay has signed a deal to sell its handcrafted kracklecorn in Denmark.

The Langage-based artisan popcorn manufacturer has inked a contract with international convenience retailer Circle K which takes its products almost 1,000 miles out of Devon and into the homeland of hygge.

The deal comes hot on the heels of the firm signing an agreement to supply four flavours in its premium popcorn range to 70 Co-op stores in the South West of England.

Portlebay is to be exported to Denmark (Image: Penny Cross)

Neil Adams, director of Portlebay Popcorn, said: “We are delighted to have agreed this significant deal with Circle K, which is bringing our unique range of popcorn to consumers in Denmark.

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“The Danes are well-known for their love of ‘hygge’, the ritual of enjoying life’s simple pleasures, and we believe that eating a bag of popcorn is one of the easiest ways to make people smile so we hope that Portlebay’s range will quickly become a part of this Danish custom.”

Portlebay Popcorn has become a manufacturing success story (Image: Penny Cross)

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Mr Adams said: “We are one of the few artisan popcorn brands that manufacture our own premium product, with sweet, salty, spicy, smoky and even fizzy options, hitting all the right notes with consumers’ palates.

“Our popcorn is also a figure-friendly snack alternative as all of the range is 100 per cent natural, gluten free and low in fat.”

Copenhagen, capital of Denmark

Portlebay has become one of Plymouth’s food manufacturing success stories.

The products only hit supermarket shelves in 2013 but were quickly snapped up by Tesco, Budgens and Booths.